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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation

In West Bengal, the green revolution made high-yielding rice cultivation attractive. Four decades later, the associated environmental problems have increased – and the climate crisis is further compounding them.

Promoting change
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

From individual charity to impact-investing

Philanthropy must help drive sustainable development in India

Poverty alleviation
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Reaching out to disadvantaged communities

Tangible Aga Khan programmes in East Africa

Faith-based initiatives
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Helping families to escape the cycle of poverty

The Aga Khan’s approach to development emphasises long-term community empowerment

Multilateral order
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Fading western doctrines

German expert argues that the West has failed Libya and Iraq

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In praise of taxes

Market and state must complement one another

Agriculture
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Water drops against droughts

Droughts in Uganda deepen amidst food shortage and famine

Philanthropy
Vladimir Antwi-Danso

Nice try

A few changes might make the Mo Ibrahim prize more effective

Relevant reading
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A call for radical reform

A former UN official wants international community to strike a grand bargain on how to deal with civil strife

Famine
Till Wahnbaeck

Political solutions needed

Disaster relief addresses symptoms such as hunger but cannot tackle the causes of crises

Nutrition
Michaela Schaller

Climate-smart agriculture

Climate-smart agriculture ought to increase farmers´ income and resilience, and ought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation
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Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda
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The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
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Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance